Word: acted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...make believe he was Truth's husband in order to quiet his suspicions of the innkeeper. Whereupon Scottish Law declared Truth married to both men. But Truth really loved a third party, whose identity it would be a shame to divulge before you actually get to the fourth act, for the plot is the only interesting thing about the play. The actors, with the exception of Mr. Kemble, certainly do not make the characters vivid...
Robert Edeson has the sort of "thuggish" role to which he is best suited. In the first act he tries to punch the other man's jaw; in the second he gets drunk; and in the third he goes mad. Where-upon the Spearmint-chewing lady who sits behind you murmurs, "He's just too cute for anything." Mr. Kemble is down on the program as "supporting" Mr. Edeson, but to him must go the honors of the evening. He played the part of Truth's guardian, defended her with more than fatherly zeal through all her matrimonial indiscretions...
...first performance, open only to graduates, of the Hasty Pudding Club play, "Below Zero," a two-act musical comedy, will be given in the club theatre this evening at 8.15 o'clock...
...claimed by many that forests act as equalizers of the flow of streams, by diminishing, in general, the frequency and violence of the freshets and increasing the low water flow...
First the effect of forests upon rainfall is to be considered. They cause the presence of a greater total amount of moisture in the air and they cool the air, thereby facilitating its precipitation, while its bed of humus will act like a sponge and absorb the percolation...